1 Kings 22:15:111 Kgs.22.15.W11TAB
אִם־נֶחְדָּֽל
imnekhdal
“or shall we refrain”
- Transliteration
- im-nekh-DAL
- Extended
- ihm-nehkh-DAAL
- IPA
- /ʔim.neħˈd.dɑːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- or shall we refrain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-nekh-DAL
- phraseyour reading level
im-nekh-DAL va-yo-MER e-LA-yv
- clause
im-nekh-DAL va-yo-MER e-LA-yv a-LE ve-ha-ts-LAKH ve-na-TAN ye-ho-VAH be-YAD ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ya-BO el-ha-ME-lekh va-yo-MER ha-ME-lekh e-LA-yv mi-kha-YE-hu ha-ne-LEKH el-ra-MOT gil-AD la-mil-kha-MA im-nekh-DAL va-yo-MER e-LA-yv a-LE ve-ha-ts-LAKH ve-na-TAN ye-ho-VAH be-YAD ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The king’s question employs the interrogative he in hanēlēkh {הֲנֵלֵךְ | hanēlēkh} ‘shall we go’ (cohortative nuance in the Qal imperfect), paralleled by ʼim-nĕḥdāl {אִם־נֶחְדָּל | ʼim-nĕḥdāl} ‘or shall we refrain’, with ʼim {אִם | ʼim} as the alternative conjunction.
In context — 1 Kings 22:15
And Micaiah came to the king, and the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-Gilead in battle, or shall we refrain?” And he answered, “Go up and succeed, and the LORD will give it into the hand of the king .”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:15:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 22:15, so the Hebrew word אִם־נֶחְדָּֽל (imnekhdal) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.22.15.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.15.W11.S1) and character.